Diploma mill probed

By GCN Staff

Jul 31, 2008

Federal investigators have compiled a list of 9,600 names ofpeople in the Washington metropolitan area suspected of havingpurchased fraudulent high school diplomas and college degrees,including some who appear to work in government and themilitary.

According to a Washington Post report, investigators are studying thelist for federal employees who might have purchased a diploma ordegree from an Internet-based diploma mill that operated out ofWashington state.

The list has not been made public; it was compiled during aneight-month federal investigation in Washington state into aninternational diploma operation that was run from 1999 through2005.